Two Ottoman Qur'an Leaves

In good overall condition, the pages have been re-attached in the middle, ink and gold bold and bright, pages generally clean, some small creasing and areas of rubbing, as viewed.
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Qur'an, Surah al-nisa (IV)

Right hand leaf: Part of verse 34

Left hand leaf: Part of verse 27 to part of verse 32

These leaves come from a grand thirty-volume Qur'an almost certainly written in the first half of the fifteenth century. It is an important example of early Ottoman manuscript production, displaying a fine Muhaqqaq script with a strong flowing rhythm, enhanced by varying arrangements of blue and gold lines. A further bifolium from the same manuscript was sold in Sotheby's London, 28 April 2004, lot 13.